Discrimination by default : how racism becomes routine / Lu-in Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Lu-in.

Series:

Critical America.

Critical America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.

Race discrimination.

Equality before the law--United States.

Equality before the law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much as we "select" computer settings by default-reflexively, without thinking, and sometimes without realizing there are other options-we often discriminate by default as well. And just as default computer settings tend to become locked in or entrenched as the standard, discrimination by default creates a situation in which disparate outcomes are expected, accepted, and taken for granted. The killing of Amadou Diallo, racial disparities in medical care, the dominance of Whites and men in certain professions, and even the uneven media attention paid to crimes depending on their victims' race a

Contents:

Discrimination by default, discrimination as default

Situational racism

Self-fulfilling stereotypes

Failures of imagination

Discrimination by and as default in medical care

Overriding the default.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-175) and index.

ISBN:

9780814795064

0814795064

9780814784679

0814784674

9781429414883

142941488X

OCLC:

780425945